“IMPLEMENTATION OF PACE RESOLUTIONS MEANS SUICIDE”
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Member of the political board of the Pan-National Movement (HHSh) Aram Manukyan doesn't care whether the the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will suspend Armenia's voting right or not. He is most concerned about the implementation of PACE Resolutions 1609 and 1620.
“I am not talking nonsense. This is not a political bluff either as the PACE recommendations are favourable for Armenia and its people, even for the political prisoners,” says Aram Manukyan
The implementation of the resolutions suggests that the term “political prisoners” will no more be circulated in Armenia.
“I mean the political prisoners will be set free, and they will continue their political activities. Our aim is to call an extraordinary presidential election. Actually, our authorities don't fear to lose the voting right and don't want to implement the PACE recommendations.”
None of the key demands posed in the resolutions has been met. The country doesn’t guarantee freedom of expression and right of demonstrations which lie at the heart of the documents. No matter how hard our authorities try to persuade the international community that they are taking efforts, nothing has been done in view of the recommendations.
The suspension of Armenia's voting right may greatly harm the country but our top-level officials seem unwilling to understand it. They won’t even be able to keep their power. Again and again I reiterate that if we implement the recommendations, both Armenia and Armenian people will benefit from it. The authorities simply need to demonstrate willpower and find a wise solution. But our leadership lacks willpower. They fear of retribution awaiting for them after the political prisoners are released, and their farce is disclosed. The government overthrow will be inevitable then. The implementation of the resolutions is equal to a suicide for the authorities.
Note, the HHSh member thinks the situations may be infavourable for Armenia in light of the Karabakh conflict resolution.
